The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-01-01
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

The body of Miss Agnes McCaleb, one of
the steamer White victims, has been re.
covered. 1t was buried at Ellerslie, La,
from the residence of her sister, Mrs DR..
Wade.
The gin house and sixty bales of cotton
Of S. j. Anglers plantation, in Bossier
Parish, La, occupied by r. c. Simpson,
were entirely destroyed by fire few
nights ago. Loss about $1,000; insurance,
81, 400.
Rev Chas Minnigrode, d. D., rector Of
St Paul's Episcopal Church at Richmond,
Va, has resigned on account of old age
and feeble health and has been made
emeritus rector. He is seventy-three
He was rector of ST. PauIs Church when
Jefferson Davis was a member, and was
reading the services when a messenger
entered the church and informed Davis
that Lee had evacuated the city.
j. 7. Perry, mayor of Greenville, Ala,
who assaulted Colonel r. S. Cheves. tenn
ance lecturer, recently, was tried in the
police court of Grcenville on, charge of
disorderly conduct. Alderman Manning
Steiner, acting mayor, presided, and long
list of witnesses was examined. The case
was ably argued by counsel on both sides
The court found defendant guilty and fined
him fifty dollars and costs. Two cases
against Mayor Perry in the County Court,
growing out of his assault upon Colonel
Cheves, were appealed.
A fire which broke out in Galveston,
Tex, few days ago, consumed twenty.
eight dwellings and two stores, the loss
being $120,O0O
The PlonlI family in Lincolnton, N. c., is
long-liyed. Joseph is now ninety-eight
y ears old; his sister, Mrs Tethrow, is one
hundred years, and Mrs, Weaver, another
sister, is one hundred and two years OF
age.
Near Santuck, S. c., recently a sports
man is said to have killed fifteen partudges
at one shot. The birds We're standingwi
their heads close in line, and he sent his
rife-ball along the line, taking off the
heads of the fifteen Next
Robert Desposito was shot and MORALLY
wounded at New Orleans a few days ago
by James Cook, n notorious hoodlum.
Desposito, it is alleged, has killed two
men
Alabama has a saloon for every LOB
Of population and Arkansas one for every
LIS.
The Supreme Court Of Alabama has de-
cidcd that all sales of lands by the Ala
bama q Chattanooga road before its COM
pletion are void Millions of dollars
worth of territory in the richest mineral
districts are involved.
Some swindler gathered three hundred
South Carolina negroes at Rock Hill re-
Gently to meet a special train for New
Wp,.1~ 20 20 s1,,,. will
to be provided for by the charitable,
The Secretary of the Treasury has ac-
cepted the offer of the Nashville, Chat
tanooga & St Louis road to pay S1530OO in
compromise Of the claim Of the Govern
| ment for unpaid interest on bonds trans
ferrcd by the State Of Tennessee.
The report Of the burning of Frank Sand,
ers by a mob a few days ago at Carnes-
vile, Ga, was Incorrect. Sanders, who
murdered tie members of the Smelling
| family, was taken from jail, but, owing
! to a disagreement among his captors, was
| finally returned TO custody. Later, how
ever, one hundred and twenty meu seized
the jail, broke down the doors, took Sand
ers to a tree and strung him up.
A horrible accident occurred at Chat
|
! zie SWicll a Well-lnOwn lady, started out
shopping and in crossing the Nashville q
! Chattanooga railroad, she attempted e
pass in front of amoving train, but Slipped
| on the track, and in moment the trair
passed over her body, severing both legs
near the hips. She died in an hour
At Apalachicola, Fla, is on oxidation {
| curiosity in the shape of a sponge. There
are fifteen prongs of hollow sponge reach
! ing out like the arms of a devil-fsh il
every conceivable direction from the
| Oncd-shaped natural stand OF coral upOI
which the main body Of the sponge rests
and there are fine particles of coral il
each arm or sucker, leading many TO sup
pose from its appearance that if left alone
these arms would eventually have petri
fed and perhaps turned to coral.
If there are any, says the Savannah Nc,rs
who think that the leasing system is not ;
criminal one let them look at the figures
When it was inaugurated in Georgia
few years ago there was $50 convicts
There are now 1927. There has been som,
increase in the population % the Stat
since the system was authorized, but TIT
percentage of that increase is small com
pared to the increase in the number o
convcts. If the system with all its abuse
is continued the number of cOnvicts within
a generation will be something fearful Il
contemplate.
Pennsylvania oil men have been operat
ing for some time in Smith County, Tenn.
where valuable wells have been bored an,
much oil of an excellent quality discovered
They have met with so much success tina
they are leasing land in every direction
and next year will commence drilling OF
an extensive scale. A great deal of OF
has also been found in Dickson County
and several companies are now at work il
that section
A very sensational shooting ARRAY oC
Cured at Shcllmound, near Chattanooga
Tenn, a few days ago, in which DR.. H. X
Davis, physician for the Dade Coal Con
pany, was shot by Captain Pom Folsor
of Chattanooga. Folsom claims that Dr
Davis has been circulating slanderous ie
ports about his wife. Folsom begged hir
three mcnths since to desist but allege
that DR.. Davis continued. Folsom went t
Shellmound, and, procuring a shotgun
shot DR. DAVIS in the face. The wound